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HENRY IJVGIILEAD, GF VJDRTENDYKE, NEW JERSEY.

To all; whom it mail.' concern s it known that I, Iinnnr A. Woomman, acitizen of the United States, residing at Wortendyke, in the county ofBergen and State-of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Fixtures, of Which the following is a specification.

The object of-this invention is to provide a fixture for. bath-room andsimilar uses that may be secured toa Wall or similar sur {x-face in awayat once concealing the securing means and rendering the securingpeculiarlycapable of resisting infiuences tending to loosen the fixture.

According to this invention the fixture is held in place by arotatablecoupling, member held swiveled on" asuitable axia-l support fixed in theWall or the like and having a male and female Screw thread engagementwith the fixture, and the `fixture further has a hollow base adapted tebear aga-inst said i Wall and to conceal said member and formed *with arestrictedl opening affording access to said member to turn the same.

In the accompanying drawing', Figure l is a perspective View of a towelrack, hand rail or the like, comprising the improved fixture; Fig. 2shows the xture secured to a Wall, the latter and a portion of thefixture proper appearing in section; Fig. is a rear elevation of thefixture proper; and, Fig. Il illustrates a modification. The fixtureproper a selected by Way of example for illustration in the drawing isone of the posts Which form With the rod Z) a towel rack or rail ofcommon form. As usualit is-cored out, as at c, and is provided with afia-ring base al designed to rest fiatvvise against t 1e wall e or thesurface of any other body to which the post is to be secured. The base dhas aconcavity f formed on' the side thereof which bears against theWall e and around the bore c.

The bore c of the post is formed with the vfemale screw thread g andengaged theremember 7L which may have a faceted head t or any otherdesired means to receive a vWrench or similar implement for turning themember Y Member it is swiveled on the screw j having a head It forretaining said member in placeand as shown in Fig. 2 forming a part ofan expansion boit of Well-known type, Z being the wedge-nut of suchexpansion bolt, m the stop-nut and a thecheeks thereof or,

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented May 19, i914.

Applicationflle January 6, T3914. Serial No. 310,550.

as shoWnin Fig. if, such member, designated p, may be swiveled on aplain headed screw g driven directly into the wall.

The base is formed so substantially'to 'conceal the coupling member.That is to say, the major part of the distance around the concavity c isprovided with a. bearing surface fr which bears squarely against andconforms closely to the surface upon which the fixture is secured; forthe remaining part it is cut away, as at s, to produce a narrow- Widthslot (see l(1 igs. Q and 3), arranged at the under side of the base. Ipreferably also vprovide means to interlock the fixture against turningwhen 'Securing the same .in place; thus, t is a stud formed on the baseand adapted to enter ay hole u drilled `in the Wall before applying thefixture.

To secure the fixture in place the axial support (the expansion bolt orthe screw 2)) is first `fixed in the Wall, with the coupling member inplace thereon, freely rotatable. Having then drilled the hole u, thefixture proper is placed over the coupling member so that it enters thethreaded part of the bore c. lith a Wrench or the like capable ofentering the slot s, the coupling member is then turned until it drawsthe fixture base firmly against the Wall, rotation of the fixture properat this time being prevented by having previously engaged the stud .t inhole u. It should be remarked that in applying the fixture the side ofthe same having the slot should be underneath so as to conceal theslot.'v

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desireLetters Iatentisz- I 1. In combination, a fixture, an axial supportadapted to be fixed in the body affording the surface against which thefixture is to be secured,V and a rotatable coupling member held swivelcdin said support, the fixtureand said member having male and female screwthread engagement with each other and the fixture having' a hollou7 baseadapted to bear against said surface and concealing said member andformed with a restricted opening affording access to said member te turnthe same, substantially as described.

2. Iii-combination, a fixture having a concave base adapted to bear instthe surface to which the fixture is secured with concavity of said baseopening toward said surface, an axial support adapted to be fixed tosecure by y in the body affording such surface, and a rotatable couplingmember held sWveled-on said support and projecting into the concavty ofsaid base, the xture and said member having male und female screw threadengagement With each other end the base having a narrow-Width slotleading to its concavity and coextensve n length with but a relativelylimited part of the exterior circumference of seid base and affording10A access to said member to turn the same, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I ax my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY A. WOODHEAD.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. STEWARD, WVM. D. BELL,

